[PATCH 1/1] NEWS.rst: update with NVDIMM auto-alignment removal for pSeries
Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413@gmail.com> --- NEWS.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index d92714c29b..7ae4aa9340 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased) Sparse streams (e.g. ``virsh vol-download --sparse`` or ``virsh vol-upload --sparse``) now handle if one of the stream ends is a block device. + * Remove NVDIMM auto-alignment for pSeries Guests + + This feature was introduced in libvirt v6.2.0 as part of the overall + NVDIMM support for pSeries guests. The idea was to relieve the user + from knowing ppc64 alignment details, but the end result is that we + ended up with inconsistencies between domain XML and actual NVDIMM + size the guest is using. To promote consistency between domain XML + and the guest, unaligned NVDIMM sizes for pSeries guests will now be + forbid and no size auto-alignment will be made. Instead, libvirt will + suggest an aligned round up size for the user. + * **Bug fixes** * virdevmapper: Deal with kernels without DM support -- 2.26.2
On a Monday in 2020, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413@gmail.com> --- NEWS.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index d92714c29b..7ae4aa9340 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased) Sparse streams (e.g. ``virsh vol-download --sparse`` or ``virsh vol-upload --sparse``) now handle if one of the stream ends is a block device.
+ * Remove NVDIMM auto-alignment for pSeries Guests + + This feature was introduced in libvirt v6.2.0 as part of the overall + NVDIMM support for pSeries guests. The idea was to relieve the user + from knowing ppc64 alignment details, but the end result is that we + ended up with inconsistencies between domain XML and actual NVDIMM + size the guest is using. To promote consistency between domain XML + and the guest, unaligned NVDIMM sizes for pSeries guests will now be + forbid and no size auto-alignment will be made. Instead, libvirt will
s/forbid/forbidden/
+ suggest an aligned round up size for the user. + * **Bug fixes**
* virdevmapper: Deal with kernels without DM support
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> Jano
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